TheMann
@thejmann.bsky.social
Software engineer, that writes communication and control systems mostly in C.
Exploring more Rust and rather enjoy it
Exploring more Rust and rather enjoy it
What absolute rubbish from Baz and his former employer pumping up his tyres
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What absolute rubbish from Baz and his former employer pumping up his tyres
Yeah sure but Virtual Boy !! 😂
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yeah sure but Virtual Boy !! 😂
It’s kinda crazy something so simple is sooo difficult to do, that a normal user has no chance of making this change
July 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s kinda crazy something so simple is sooo difficult to do, that a normal user has no chance of making this change
I love rust and C not a huge C++ fan, but you will likely always find work doing C++
July 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I love rust and C not a huge C++ fan, but you will likely always find work doing C++
Good news imo, the Greens need new leadership
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Good news imo, the Greens need new leadership
Keeping things simple—but maintaining high quality—helps reduce risk and that you’re building the right solution.
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Keeping things simple—but maintaining high quality—helps reduce risk and that you’re building the right solution.
It reminds me of a line from The Grug Brained Developer: “Complexity is a spirit demon that enters a codebase through well-meaning but ultimately very clubbable non-grug-brain developers … sometimes grug himself!”
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It reminds me of a line from The Grug Brained Developer: “Complexity is a spirit demon that enters a codebase through well-meaning but ultimately very clubbable non-grug-brain developers … sometimes grug himself!”
The idea of doing the Best Simple System for Now avoids these scenarios by encouraging developers to write good, “clean” code while only doing what is necessary to solve the user’s problem.
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The idea of doing the Best Simple System for Now avoids these scenarios by encouraging developers to write good, “clean” code while only doing what is necessary to solve the user’s problem.
Then, when the future arrives, you find yourself having to unpick this elaborate system because it inevitably doesn’t allow for what you need to do.
Conversely, I’ve built an ugly, quick, hacky prototype just to prove a concept, which inevitably morphs into the actual product 😮💨
Conversely, I’ve built an ugly, quick, hacky prototype just to prove a concept, which inevitably morphs into the actual product 😮💨
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Then, when the future arrives, you find yourself having to unpick this elaborate system because it inevitably doesn’t allow for what you need to do.
Conversely, I’ve built an ugly, quick, hacky prototype just to prove a concept, which inevitably morphs into the actual product 😮💨
Conversely, I’ve built an ugly, quick, hacky prototype just to prove a concept, which inevitably morphs into the actual product 😮💨
I'm sure we've all worked on an inherited codebase where an engineer, with the best of intentions, has created a complex system to accommodate future changes they believe will be needed.
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I'm sure we've all worked on an inherited codebase where an engineer, with the best of intentions, has created a complex system to accommodate future changes they believe will be needed.
Ohh that is impressive work
January 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ohh that is impressive work
Hey 👋, I’m a C dev, also c++ and Rust based in Western Australia 🇦🇺
Been writing multi platform communication stacks and power systems control devices
Been writing multi platform communication stacks and power systems control devices
January 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hey 👋, I’m a C dev, also c++ and Rust based in Western Australia 🇦🇺
Been writing multi platform communication stacks and power systems control devices
Been writing multi platform communication stacks and power systems control devices
I might have to get one of these little screens
January 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I might have to get one of these little screens
It’s why I really enjoy your work Claire.
Sadly too many people have been audience captured and have undergone the exact phenomenon you described, and ultimately they no longer become interesting thought leaders and simply end up as repetitive panderers to their audience’s ideology
Sadly too many people have been audience captured and have undergone the exact phenomenon you described, and ultimately they no longer become interesting thought leaders and simply end up as repetitive panderers to their audience’s ideology
January 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s why I really enjoy your work Claire.
Sadly too many people have been audience captured and have undergone the exact phenomenon you described, and ultimately they no longer become interesting thought leaders and simply end up as repetitive panderers to their audience’s ideology
Sadly too many people have been audience captured and have undergone the exact phenomenon you described, and ultimately they no longer become interesting thought leaders and simply end up as repetitive panderers to their audience’s ideology
OMG using malloc on something as tiny as a PIC24 😱
That is wild, i hope they had a very good use case for that
That is wild, i hope they had a very good use case for that
January 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
OMG using malloc on something as tiny as a PIC24 😱
That is wild, i hope they had a very good use case for that
That is wild, i hope they had a very good use case for that
Yeah I’m much more a C dev than C++
I find C++ such an ugly language, C is so nice and simple. Rust has a nice elegance to it
I find C++ such an ugly language, C is so nice and simple. Rust has a nice elegance to it
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Yeah I’m much more a C dev than C++
I find C++ such an ugly language, C is so nice and simple. Rust has a nice elegance to it
I find C++ such an ugly language, C is so nice and simple. Rust has a nice elegance to it
We sadly see the same kind of thing here in Aus when the wind is blowing fires are almost impossible to contain :(
January 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
We sadly see the same kind of thing here in Aus when the wind is blowing fires are almost impossible to contain :(
These right wing American nut jobs trying to ruin it for the entire planet
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
These right wing American nut jobs trying to ruin it for the entire planet
Match is awesome, the small learning curve is worth it
December 13, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Match is awesome, the small learning curve is worth it